36% increase in respiratory patients on polluted days in Tehran.
The spokesman of the emergency organization of the district of Tehran announced the increase in heart and respiratory patients at the same time as the air pollution worsened in recent days.
According to emergency statistics, the number of heart patients increased from 251 cases on November 7 to 267 cases on November 14, showing an increase of 6%.
Also, the number of respiratory patients increased from 66 to 90 in the same period of time, which shows a growth of 36%.